Skate.



PATENTED IJULYVIO, 1906.

T. SPAGIE.

SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED JuL'Yn, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SKATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application filed July 11, 1905. Serial No. 269,153.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SPAOIE, aciti zen of the United States, and a resident of Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Skate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to skates; and it consists, substantially, in the details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

The invention has reference more especially to parlor or roller skates, though equally applicable in part to the ordinary runnerskates and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a skate which is simple in its embodiment and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, besides being thoroughly effective and reliable in use and possessing the capacity for long and repeated service.

A further object is to provide simple means for the attachment to the skate and the detachment therefrom of each set of rollers ordinarily employed adjacent an end thereof, as will hereinafter appear.

The above and additional objects are at tained by means substantially such as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a skate having my improvements embodied in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a view in perspective of the supportingplate for the rollers employed at the forward portion of the foot-plate of the skate. Fig. 4 is a perspective view in detail of the forward end portion of the foot-plate of the skate to indicate more clearly the special construction thereof. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showin the application to the footplate of the s rate of an ordinary runner for the skate, and Fig. 6 is a view in details howing the construction of certain features of the improvement.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description it may be stated that in the form of my improvements herein shown I preferably provide the skate with a foot-plate of special construction, but embodying in connection 1 therewith substantially similar devices for attaching the skate to the sole and heel of a shoe as are described and shown in the former Letters Patent granted to me on the 12th day of April, 1904, and having N0. 7 57.240. Special means are employed for securing to the under side of the foot-plate of the skate the forward set of rollers for the skate, and other special means are employed for also attaching to the under side of the foot-plate the rearward sets of rollers employed for the skate, and while Ihave herein represented my improvements in a certain preferred embodiment it will be understood that I do not limit myself thereto in precise detail, since immaterial changes therein may be made coming within the scope of my invention.

Reference being had to the drawings by the designating characters thereon, 1 represents the foot-plate of the skate having at the forward. end thereof a downwardly and forwardly extending projection 2, having therein a vertical elongated slot 3, it being observed on reference to Fig. 6 that the said downwardly and forwardly extending projection 2 is reduced in thickness at 3 from the inner side thereof for that portion of the projection below the lower edge of the slot 3 and for a distance substantially e ual to the width of the slot, as indicated. t a suitable distance rearwardly of the forward end thereof the foot-plate is provided with a centrally-located opening 4, which is formed by striking out a part of the metal of the foot-plate, forming a rearwardly-extending depression 5 in the upper face of said metal leading from the rear edge of said openin In connection with the under side of the forward portion of the foot-plate 1 I employ a plate 6, (shown in detail in Fig. 3,) which is slightly dished or concaved from end to end thereof (see Fig. 2) and which is provided at suitable points of its opposite side edges with laterally-extending offsets 7, it being mentioned that this plate and said offsets thereof are constructed of spring metal, so that when applied to the under side of the foot-plate, as about to be described, it will be at once seen that a vertically-cushioned support is had for the forward set of rollers from the said foot-plate. The forward end of this plate 6 is constructed with a nose-piece 9, having an extension 10 for entering the notch 3 from the inner side of the downwardly and for wardly extending projection 2 of the footplate, while the edge portion 11 of the nose piece is snugly received between the sides of the vertically-elongated notch formed by the hereinb eforementioned reduced portion 3 of the said projection 2. The plate 6 is also provided at its rearward end with what may be termed a spring-hook 12', which is inserted through the opening 4 from the under side of the foot-plate, and on reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen just in what manner the said plate 6 serves to support the forward set of rollers 13, which are mounted on a shaft 1 1, having its bearings in suitable parallel hangers 15, pending from the opposite side edges of the plate 6. In virtue of the dished or concave form of the plate it is apparent that an elastic action or effect will be produced between said plate and the foot-plate 1 when the skate is in use.

The foot-plate 1 of the skate is provided at the rearward or heel portion thereof with an opening 16, the portion of the metal of the foot-plate immediately adjacent to the forward edge of said opening being sunken at 17, thus to form in the upper surface of the foot plate a depression 18, corresponding with the depression 5 before mentioned. Entering the opening 16 from the under side of the foot-plate is a spring-hook 19, formed integrally with the smaller dished or concaved plate 20, having a downwardly and rearwardly extending projection 21, corresponding substantially in every respect with the hereinbefore-mentioned downwardly and forwardly extending projection 2, said plate 20 being provided at its rearward edge with a nose-piece 22, having identically the same character of connection between the same and the projection 21 as has already been de scribed in reference to the nose-piece 9 of the plate 6 and said projection 2. The plate 20 is also provided at suitable parts of its edges with offsets 23, corresponding to the offsets 7 of the plate 6, and pendent from the opposite edge portions thereof are parallel hangers 24 for supporting the shaft 25 of the rearward set of rollers 26 for the skate.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the plates 6 and 20 as dispensed with, and in lieu of which is employed a runner 27 for the skate substantially of the form shown and described in my former Letters Patent referred to, said runner being provided with an upwardly-extending portion 28, the rearward edge of which is abutted by the forward edge of the base of the depression 5 in the foot-plate, thus to assist to hold the runner in the desired position with reference to the footlate, any suitable means being provided at t e forward and rearward ends of the latter for effecting attachment therewith of the corresponding ends of the runner.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 5 I have represented substantially the same devices for securing the skate to the sole and heel of a shoe as are described and shown in my former patent and to which no special reference is to be made herein except to state that said devices are indicated in entirety at 29 in Figs. 2 and 5.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and operation of each of the herein-described attachments for the skate will be fully understood, and it will be seen that my improvements possess decided advantages for the purposes for which they were devised. It will thus be seen also that the plates 6 and 20 are each readily detachable from the foot-plate 1 and that they are attachable thereto by springing them into place, with the hooks l2 and 19 thereofresting flush with the upper surface of the foot-plate.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a skate, a footplate having openings therethroughin the forward and heel portions thereof, respectively, the material of said plate having a depression therein from the rearward edge of one of said openings and a similar depression from the forward edge of the other openings. I

2. A skate, comprising a foot-plate having an opening in the forward portion thereof, and formed with a forwardly and downwardly extending projection having a vertical slot therein, said opening having a depression leading therefrom, the material of this proj ection being reduced in thickness below the slot to form a groove, and a r0llersupporting plate for attachment to the under side of the foot-plate, having a nose-piece partially received in said slot and said groove and formed with a hook extending through the opening and received in said depression.

3. A skate, comprising a foot-plate having an opening in the forward portlon thereof, and formed with a forwardly and downwardly extending projection having a vertical slot therein, said opening having a depression leading therefrom, the material of this projection being reduced in thickness below the slot to form a groove, and a roller-supporting plate for attachment to the under side of the foot-plate, having a nose-piece partially received in said slot and said groove and formed with a hook extending through the opening and received in said depression, said rollersupporting plate being of concaveform and provided with lateral ofisets bearing against the under side of the foot-plate.

4:. A skate, comprising a foot-plate having an opening in the forwardly portion thereof, and formed with a forwardly and downwardly extending projection having a vertical slot therein, said opening having a depression leading therefrom, the material of this projection being reduced in thickness below the slot to form a groove, and a roller-supporting plate for attachment to the under side of the foot-- plate, having a nose-piece partially received in said slot and said groove and formed with a hook extending through the opening and received in said depression, said secondnamed plate being provided with parallel hangers supporting therein the forward rollers for the skate.

5. In a skate, a foot-plate having an open ing in a suitable portion thereof and formed with a depression leading from the edge of said opening, and a roller-supporting plate having a spring-tongue extending through said opening and received in said depression.

6. A skate, comprising a foot-plate having a downward and rearwardly extending projection formed therein with a slot and a groove, the plate being also formed with an opening and a depression leading from the opening, and a plate for the support of the rearward rollers of the skate, having a spring-tongue extending through said opening and resting in the depression and also provided with a nose-piece partially received in said slot and said groove of said projection.

7 A skate, comprising a foot-plate having a downward and rearwardly-extending projection formed therein with a slot and a groove, the plate being also formed with an opening and a depression leading from the opening, and a plate for the support of the rearward rollers of the skate, having a spring-tongue extending through said opening and resting in the depression and also provided with a nosepiece partially received in said slot and said groove of said projection, the roller-su porting plate being dished from end to end t ereof and provided with lateral offsets bearing against the underside of the foot-plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS SPAOIE.

Vitnesses J. F. HAYS, J AS. R. TooLE. 

